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“I would say that American poetry has always been a poetry of personal testimony.”

Mark Strand · Poetry

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Usually a life turned into a poem is misrepresented.

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A great many people seem to think writing poetry is worthwhile, even though it pays next to nothing and is not as widely read as it should be.

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I believe that all poetry is formal in that it exists within limits, limits that are either inherited by tradition or limits that language itself imposes.

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I certainly can't speak for all cultures or all societies, but it's clear that in America, poetry serves a very marginal purpose. It's not part of the cultural mainstream.

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